Marseille may be spending their Saturday evening watching PSG end their already-slim title hopes for good, but second place is still in their hands, and they will be in no mood to end their hot streak at the Stade Auguste-Delaune.
Getting one over the reigning champions is nothing to be sniffed at for Reims, but the options for rotation at Sampaoli's disposal makes it difficult to envisage Garcia's youthful side making lightning strike twice in front of the home crowd.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Marseille win with a probability of 49.18%. A win for Reims had a probability of 25.5% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Marseille win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.4%) and 0-2 (8.96%). The likeliest Reims win was 1-0 (7.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.04%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Marseille in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Marseille.
